St. Louis City, County Official Merge Their Bomb and Arson Units

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson (L) and St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch look over a piece of equiptment that the Bomb and Arson Units use in both departments after it was announced the two organizations would join together to make one unit in St. Louis on July 1, 2013. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) — Monday marked the official merger of St. Louis County and City Police Department’s Bomb and Arson Units. It will now be known as the St. Louis Regional Bomb and Arson Unit.

The new unit will have eight detectives and two sergeants. But this is not the first time the two departments have formed a partnership.